Making science public: challenges and opportunities

Raman, Sujatha; Nerlich, Brigitte; Cartelet, Clio; de Saille, Stevienna; Hadley Kershaw, Eleanor; Hartley, Sarah; Hobson-West, Pru; Holmwood, John; Lowndes, Vivien; Madziva, Roda; Martin, Paul; McLeod, Carmen; Millar, Kate; Mohr, Alison; Morris, Carol; Pearce, Warren; Seymour, Susanne; Smith, Alexander; Spencer, Adam; Tsouvalis, Judith

Abstract

This Programme investigated the relationship between science, politics and publics in the aftermath of an influential 2000 UK House of Lords Science and Society report. We conceptualised top-down initiatives promising greater transparency around the use of scientific evidence in policymaking and opportunities for public engagement around research and innovation agendas, as well as bottom-up instances of public mobilisation around science as an effort to make science public. In principle, such a movement seemed to speak directly to wider arguments for ‘opening up’ controversial domains of evidence and research to public scrutiny of framing, tacit assumptions, and alternative forms of expertise. Yet, these promises raised a number of dilemmas that we sought to examine in a range of cases.

Citation

Raman, S., Nerlich, B., Cartelet, C., de Saille, S., Hadley Kershaw, E., Hartley, S., …Tsouvalis, J. (2019). Making science public: challenges and opportunities. Leverhulme Trust

• Report Type: Research Report
• Acceptance Date: Jan 31, 2019
• Publication Date: Jan 31, 2019
• Deposit Date: Jun 14, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 14, 2019
• Keywords: science, politics, publics, public engagement, science advice, openness
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2187813